The only commodity we have is time, we trade our time for money, and based on the activities we do within those finite chunks of time, determines our success.How do you determine what your "chunks" are worth, or better yet, how do you determine what activities get said "chunk"?

Never, trade something else for your half or get something from her and you take it.

I've been trading stocks through a retirement account and cannot show as income.

I don't like losing a good paying tenant, especially one who takes care of my property, I doubt there are plenty of those, but it could be a trade off.I have a lease that basically allows me to add a managment fee for occurances unforseen at the time the lease is made.

There are several companies in Texas that will be your RMLO in trade for a nominal fee (really a tax) of $500 or so.

In tha sence, if you buy to trade the instruments, there would be an interest rate risk, is that what you are saying?

You can drive through the neighborhood and it looks like your typical working class neighborhood.What you won't see is when the sun goes down the drug trade is centered around a local park and it is literally gang warfare on the streets.

Tell him you must issue the 1099 if the amount of money paid to him is $600 or more, and that you must receive a W9 from him before you can make any payments to him whatsoever.

I'm not saying give me all of your trade secrets.. just what MSA do you like for flipping and why?

I can cash flow well on theirs ($300/month), but mine doesn't cash flow on a 30 year anymore.I guess my fear is that I am just trading the pain to another house.